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Trees Around the GLOBE Campaign

The Trees Around the GLOBE Campaign commenced on September 15, 2018 in conjunction with NASA's ICESat-2 satellite launch on the the same date at 6:02am PDT. This campaign is a student research campaign focusing on tree height - one of the measurements conducted by the ICESat-2 mission. More >

Why Follow?

As a follower of this community, you can stay up-to-date on the Biosphere protocols, projects and campaigns by participating in one of the message boards in the Biosphere forum. Ask questions, respond to comments and see who is doing what in this sphere community.

Additionally, followers/members of this community are included on the community map that allows members to find other members who they can collaborate with from all around the world.

PROTOCOLS

Living organisms affect the environment and are affected by it. The Biosphere Protocols offer ways to quantify seasonal change, land cover, land use, and the amounts of living and dead biomass on the land surface. Phenology measurements of the timing of plant and animal seasonal changes provide critical climate data. Knowing how plant life and formerly living matter cover the land surface has many uses from preparing to fight fires, identifying habitat changes, and climate modeling. Plants moderate the interaction between atmosphere and pedosphere.